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Some Sunday Science Blogwhoring

By mikethemadbiologist on April 13, 2008.

Here are some science links that you might have missed.

A Problem with the NIH Roadmap and Cross-Institution Research

Nesse and Stearns on How Evolution Is Used in Medicine

Streptococcus, Antibiotic Resistance, and Israelis...Oh My?!

Nonoptimal Virulence and Avian Influenza

Selection for height genes?

First lungless frog discovered in Borneo

Harmful Algae Likes It Hot, Hot

Wolves Protecting Pronghorn

The spiny genitals and rock-chewing habits of crested porcupines

Dyslexia in Chinese Readers vs. English Readers

Landscape ecology and infectious disease: macro meets micro

Mumps in the midwest: a 2006 retrospective

When bacteria merge - two species are turning into one

Drosophila Are Not Fruit Flies

Coldest Brown Dwarf Ever Observed: Closing The Gap Between Stars And Planets

The lesson of the 2006 mumps outbreak

What Bugged the Dinosaurs? Insects, Disease, and Death in the Cretaceous

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